Shirt-lace



(No Model.)

` W. T. GALLT.

SHIRT LAGE.

No. 314,661. Patented Mar. 31. 1885.

UNrrn .Tntrns Artnr trice.,

WILLIAM T. GALLT, OF POR'I BYRON, NEW YORK.

SH l RT-LACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,661, dated March31, 1885.

Application tiled July 5, 1864. (No model.) l

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. GALLT, of Port Byron, in the county ofCayuga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Shirt-Laces; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hadto the accompanying draW ings, in which- Figure l is a front view of ashirt with my improvelnent applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a front View of aportion of the lacing.

My improvement relates to fancy shirts with an ornamental lacing infront which closes and secures the sides.

The invention consists of a lacing composed of a single piece of cordlooped to form buttonholes on opposite sides, in combination with ashirt-front provided with buttons on opposite sides, over which theloops button, the lacing resting wholly outside and being removablevfrom place, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, A shows a shirt of usual form, being open in front, andhaving a row of buttons, ce a, on each side of the bosomopening, asusual.

Bis the lacing, which is made of cord of any desired kind and color. Itis made from a single piece, and is doubled to produce the loops b b onopposite sides, is knotted in the center, as shown at @.is then carrieddown, forming .the connectinglength d, and is then looped again till thewhole lacing is complete. This meeting-length, and the whole forming adevice that can be applied or removed at pleasure. In some cases Ishorten the buttonholes by closing a part of the loop by stitching, asshown at f, so that the button-hole is fitted to hold on the button,while the loop is made of the necessary length to extend from button tobutton across the shirt.

The advantages of this invention are that while the lacing serves thesame purpose as ordinarylacings or loops that are permanently sewed orotherwise attached tothe shirt, it is removable all in one body for thepurpose o f either washing the shirt or the lacing, orfor otherpurposes, andv is easily replaced by a new lacing, or whereit is desiredto use a lacing of a different color.

The lacing made from a single length, consisting of the opposite loops bb, knots ce, and connecting-lengths del, in combination with ashirt-front provided with buttons on opposite sides, over which theloops button, as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

NVM. T. GALLT. Witnesses:

G. W. LATHAM,

INA DELL GnLLT.

